battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
basic factor; (medical) predisposition; diathesis
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
suffix for familiar person
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
else; in addition; besides
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
flour; meal; powder; heroin
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
then; well; so; well then